This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > History > What Books And Burials Tell Us > Class 6 History Chapter 5 What Books And Burials Tell Us – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 History Chapter 5 What Books And Burials Tell Us Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where does megaliths belong to and tell what do they refer to A) South India-Stones used to mark burial sites. B) North India-Stones used to make Chariots. C) North India-Large stones used to sleep. D) South India-Used to make weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South India-Stones used to mark burial sites. 2. When was the rigveda printed A) 100. B) 200. C) 2 weeks back. D) Yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 200. 3. The hymns were composed by- A) God Shiva. B) Untouchables. C) Men. D) Rishis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rishis. 4. Some of the hymns were in Rigveda are in the form of dialogues ..... A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which of the following was not a currency during the Vedic age? A) Is said to. B) Satamana. C) Rupees. D) Charismane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rupees. 6. Upanishads were composed by the people who meditated in the forest discussing special rituals. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. In the chapter Vishvamitra is having conversation with whom? A) Megaliths. B) Rivers. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rivers. 8. The hymns in the Rig Veda were composed by ..... A) Dusk. B) Priest. C) Sages. D) Kings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sages. 9. Sons automatically succeeded fathers as 'rajas'. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Find the wrong Match A) Rigveda-Is the book of Mantras. B) Atharvaveda-Is the book of Spells. C) Samaveda-Is the book of Chants. D) Yajurveda-Is the book of Demons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yajurveda-Is the book of Demons. 11. Who composed the hymns present in the rigveda A) DON'T KNOW. B) JANA. C) GODS. D) SAGES. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SAGES. 12. How many years ago the manuscript of Rigveda was found in Kashmir? A) 350 years ago. B) 150 years ago. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 150 years ago. 13. What is the language of the Vedas? A) Sanskrit. B) Urdu. C) Pali. D) Prakrit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 14. Brahmagiri is a site in modem ..... A) Andhra Pradesh. B) Kerala. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh. 15. Who is the 'god of fire' according to veda? A) Agni. B) Indra. C) Seam. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agni. 16. According to Charaka how many bones did humans have A) 220. B) 206. C) 360. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 360. 17. God Indra is known as ..... A) A fire god. B) Soma. C) Coming. D) A warrior god. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A warrior god. 18. Q2) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE OLDEST AMONG ALL VEDAS A) RIG VEDA. B) Atharva Veda. C) Sama Farewell. D) Yajur farewell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RIG VEDA. 19. What is the name of the bones on which writings were done? A) Tibia bone. B) Oracle bone. C) Humerus bone. D) Achondroplasia bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oracle bone. 20. Who were the Priests in the ancient time? A) Brahmins. B) Sikhs. C) Muslims. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmins. 21. These stone boulders are known as megaliths which means ..... A) Small stones. B) Big stones. C) Burial sites. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big stones. 22. Which of these Are not Indian language A) Hindi. B) German. C) Assamese. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) German. 23. Which of the following is correctly matched? A) Agni-the god of waterIndra-a warrior godVarun-the god of fire. B) Agni-the god of fireIndra-a god of vedaVarun-the god of water. C) Agni-the god of airIndra-a warrior godVarun-the god of sky. D) Agni-the god of fireIndra-a warrior godVarun-the god of sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agni-the god of fireIndra-a warrior godVarun-the god of sky. 24. In those days there was a rich and poor A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Which of these is the common feature of burial sites found in India? A) The dead bodies were missing from the spots. B) The dead were buried with their loved ones. C) The dead were wrapped in bandages. D) The dead were buried with distinctive pots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dead were buried with distinctive pots. 26. What is the meaning of Dasa (in feminine Dasi)? A) King. B) Soldier. C) Slave. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slave. 27. The eldest male of the family who was the head was called A) Grama. B) Grass. C) Householder. D) Grihapati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grihapati. 28. The evidence of which fruits were found? A) Ber, Amla, Jamun. B) Mango. C) Apple. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ber, Amla, Jamun. 29. ) Our main source of information about the Aryans is derived from THE VEDAS A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 30. Inamgaon is located on the river ..... A) Hors. B) Ganga. C) Son. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hors. 31. The Rigveda is in old Vedic Sanskrit which is different from the Sanskrit we study today ..... A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. In which language is the rigveda written in A) Sanskrit. B) Kannada. C) Vedic Sanskrit. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vedic Sanskrit. 33. The thousands of hymns were called ..... A) Agni or pain. B) Sukta or well said. C) Vish or Jana. D) Veda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sukta or well said. 34. Inamgaon is situated on the river A) Son. B) Hors. C) Bhima. D) Narmada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhima. 35. What did sukta mean A) Well said. B) Good. C) Ill said. D) Don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well said. 36. Which Veda was the oldest?? A) Atharvaveda. B) Rigveda. C) Samaveda. D) Yajurveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rigveda. 37. The practice of erecting megaliths began about how many years ago A) 8, 000 years ago. B) 6, 000 years ago. C) 2, 700 years ago. D) 3, 000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3, 000 years ago. 38. Which were the two words used to describe the people or the community as a whole? A) Go and poison. B) Aryas and Dasas. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go and poison. 39. Some places were for some family. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 40. State true or false.CHARIOT IS A TWO WHEELED VEHICLE DROWN BY HORSES IN ANCIENT TIMES. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. When was the Rigveda composed? A) 2500 years ago. B) 3000 years ago. C) 1500 years ago. D) 3500 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3500 years ago. 42. The manuscript of the Rigveda was found in ..... A) Kashmir. B) Kerala. C) Bihar. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kashmir. 43. Were hymns composed by women? A) Yes, A few. B) No. C) Yes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, A few. 44. The Ghoda is a tributary of the ..... A) Krishna. B) Narmada. C) Ganga. D) Bhima. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narmada. 45. In What family is Sanskrit in? A) Indo-European. B) Tibet-Burman. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indo-European. 46. In Early Vedic period the head of the tribe was called A) Rajan. B) Maharaj. C) Rajshri. D) Chakravarti Emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajan. 47. Where is the river ghod located A) Brahmagiri. B) Mohenjodaro. C) Inamaon. D) Moth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inamaon. 48. Which of the following is not a Vedas A) Yajurveda. B) Rigveda. C) Saraswati. D) Contract. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saraswati. 49. The book 'Charaka Samhita' is related to ..... A) Administration. B) Medicine. C) Astronomy. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medicine. 50. Matr is in which languages A) Hindi. B) English. C) Sanskrit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 51. Which is the oldest vada A) Rigveda. B) Yajurveda. C) Atharvaveda. D) Samaveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigveda. 52. According to the chapter, Vishvamitra was having a conversation with whom? A) Trees. B) Mountains. C) Rivers. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rivers. 53. Settlements at inamgaon started at A) Between 3600 and 2700 years ago. B) 2000 years ago. C) 3000 years ago. D) 3500 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between 3600 and 2700 years ago. 54. The people who composed the hyms described themselves as ..... A) Brahmins. B) Aryas. C) Slaves. D) Doctors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryas. 55. ) IN IMANGAON, A MAN WAS FOUND BURRIED IN A LARGE ..... LEGGED CLAY JAR IN A ..... LEGGED POSITION. A) 2, OPEN. B) 4, CROSS. C) 10, STRAIGHT. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4, CROSS. 56. A special burial ground in Inamgaon is situated near river ..... A) Hors. B) Kaveri. C) Ganga. D) Confusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hors. 57. In Early Vedic Period which Trade men had high status in society A) Metal-workers. B) Leather-workers. C) Carpenters. D) Chariot-makers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chariot-makers. 58. Rigveda is ..... years old. A) 5000 years old. B) 3500 years old. C) 2500 years old. D) 4000 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3500 years old. 59. Early Vedic period is also known as A) Rigvedic Period. B) Sympathy period. C) Atharvedic Period. D) Yajurvedic period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rigvedic Period. 60. Name some area where megaliths were prevalent. A) The Deccan, South India, in the North-east andKashmir. B) Rajasthan, at A dockyard at Lothal and punjab. C) The Himalayas, North India, in the North-east and Delhi. D) Magadha, to the south of Ganga, in the state of Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Deccan, South India, in the North-east andKashmir. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 6 QuizzesClass 6 History Chapter 5 What Books And Burials Tell Us Quiz 1Class 6 History Chapter 5 What Books And Burials Tell Us Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books